Since my work is on route to the gallery, I thought I would add something to the blog. As I mentioned in my last post I have been experimenting with faceted 3D surfaces and projecting them flat to create sudo optical illusions. I then use the projection as a tool path for the laser and etch them onto enamel. I have included a multi-step image of the wire-framed surface from the RHINO. I start with the distorted 3D surface and then slowly rotate my view until I get the desired top, aerial view. I am also including an image of the final piece after the enameled portion is set in a sterling frame. The “flap” or enameled surface moves with the body and pivots on the top of the frame. Both sides of the flap have been etched with the laser. The back side has a flat mesh and the front side has the projected mesh.
I am so very excited for the show.
Arthur,
Your work is exciting. Any plans to teach a workshop using the methods that you described?
Not anytime soon. I do however teach summer courses occasionally for SUNY New Paltz’s Metal program. Next semester I will be teaching enameling and a portion of that course will have laser etching.